His speech was pretty much nullified by the shitty jobs report this morning. 96,000 total jobs added even though unemployment dipped to 8.1% because people stopped looking for work.

I've seen bad reviews of his speech from the Left and the Right. I didn't watch it myself.

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All kinds of people vote. Not enough of those people think highly enough of Trump to make him President but all kinds of people vote.

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So, if they were polling better than Trump and the primary goal was to prevent Hillary from becoming POTUS, perhaps it would have been a better strategic decision to nominate someone who actually had a chance of beating her and preventing that than nominating Donald Trump.

Furthermore, I've had several Planet Members at my home, I've shared pics of the exterior and interior of my home, have several as Facebook friends and even had my home on the 'Planet map.

I've been a member of this community for more than 14 years, going back to the old KC Star board. People here know me and my background (4 years in management at Universal, 7 years at Paramount, Viacom Visionary of the Year in 2003, entrepreneur, etc.).

But what some people don't know is that I worked at the International Council on Foreign Relations at USC under the tutelage of Dr. Abraham Lowenthal. I spoke to Condi Rice every day for six months, as well as the heads of various countries. I met and spent time with Bob Dole, Jack Kemp (who gave the commencement speech at USC while I was there), Madeleine Albright and many others.

Many of the people I worked with back then are Presidential advisers, work at D.C. "Thinktanks" like the Brookings Institute, etc.

So, what's your deal?

Did you ever get the sense that they thought you were a dumbass?

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“The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they’re not.” - Hillary Clinton

That shouldn't even matter when it comes to elections. This is the crap that really disappoints me about Americans.

Now if that "nonwhite" as you put it, is the most qualified candidate, then fine. If you are putting him/her out there just because of skin color, well then.......................

I'm not saying it's the most qualified.

But the GOP is too exclusive right now. None of its policies appeal to any minorities, and they're losing more women right now than ever.

Their only hope is white men. They have to hope they win over enough middle- and older-aged straight white men to offset their massive losses amongst the young, women, blacks, browns, Jews, and gays. Too many of their policies play too poorly amongst those groups.

That's not sustainable. Because as the population grows, and the minority populations slowly become the majority, the GOP could risk extinction.

I've seen bad reviews of his speech from the Left and the Right. I didn't watch it myself.

It was just... blah. It really felt like he was just throwing stuff against the wall, with no structure or theme. He speaks great, but it was just hollow. Maybe because we've heard it all before, maybe because he admitted that his perspective is that the road ahead under his stewardship will be even harder than it already has been.

It was just a tired, disorganized mess. As Krauthhammer said, it was pretty much an empty vision, rather than a plan.